Three people were feared dead, while 21 others
sustained various degrees of injuries when a
suicide bomber blew up himself near a Mosque at
Kasuwan Mata, Gombe, on Tuesday evening.
Personnel of the Nigerian Red Cross Society and
other related personnel were seen at the Accident
and Emergency Unit of the Specialists Hospital,
Gombe, trying to rescue victims.
Malam Umar Ahmed, the Disaster Management
Coordinator of the Red Cross Society in Gombe
State, said that immediately they heard about the
blast, the Society mobilised its personnel to
rescue the injured persons.
He said all the victims were conveyed to the
specialists hospital and were being treated by
doctors and other health workers.
A source said the suspected suicide bomber was
seen loitering around the area, apparently trying
to detonate the explosive.
The source said not quite long when the suspect
was sighted; he detonated the bomb which killed
him and two other persons.
He added that irate youths who were at the scene
set the remains of the suspected suicide bomber
ablaze, while those injured were taken to the
Specialists Hospital, Gombe for treatment.
When NAN correspondents visited the hospital
around 7 p.m., 21 persons who sustained various
degrees of injuries were being attended to by
doctors.
